Arvig, a Minnesota-based regional service provider, is offering user devices compatible with Wi-Fi 6E, an extended version of the Wi-Fi 6 standard. The move follows the service provider’s upgrade to Wi-Fi 6 earlier this year. Wi-Fi 6 is backward compatible…
Research from Opensignal finds that a crossroads is approaching as 5G cellular connectivity is supporting speeds that are more competitive with Wi-Fi in the U.S. But while 5G provides faster uploads than 4G, only mmWave 5G is faster than Wi-Fi,…
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel has proposed using E-Rate program funding to deploy Wi-Fi on school buses. Rosenworcel introduced the Declaratory Ruling, which must be adopted by the commission in order to go into effect, during a meeting of the National…
Altafiber and its Unicity Smart City organization will bring its fiber-enabled Wi-Fi network to three entertainment venues in the city of Kettering, Ohio under a five-year agreement with the municipality. The company is the rebranded Cincinnati Bell, which has a…
Comcast is calling its new Wi-Fi 6E gateway Supersonic Wi-Fi. The company cites speeds exceeding 1 Gbps for the offering, which is available for Xfinity Internet Gigabit and Ultrafast customers. Comcast Internet Gigabit service offers speeds up to 1.2 Gbps…
The city of Mt. Healthy (OH), Mt. Healthy City Schools, Hamilton (OH) County and the state of Ohio are partnering with altafiber to bring fiber-enabled, high-speed public Wi-Fi to several apartment complexes. The complexes include: Clovernook Apartments, Compton Lake, Burney…
March 30, 2022 — QUINCY, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Breezeline, the eighth-largest cable operator in the U.S., today announced that it has launched WiFi Your WayTM for Business, a premium, managed WiFi solution that provides expanded WiFi coverage, superfast speed and enhanced reliability…
With a new Comcast Business Gateway, featuring Wi-Fi 6, Comcast is aiming to add more momentum to its push into the lucrative SMB market. The new Comcast Business next generation gateway is built on the Wi-Fi 6 technology from the…
March 25, 2022 — CHARLOTTE, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Segra has announced a new partnership with the Greensboro Grasshoppers to provide expanded internet connectivity and wi-fi services for their fans and for team operations. The minor league baseball team, an affiliate of the…
CINCINNATI, Ohio – The Cincinnati Bengals and altafiber today announced a partnership that will deliver a state-of-the-art, fiber-enabled Wi-Fi network at Paul Brown Stadium. altafiber and its IT Services subsidiary, CBTS, will engineer and build the Wi-Fi network that will…
Library broadband initiatives helped patrons cope with the COVID-19 pandemic in many creative ways, as a new report from the American Library Association (ALA) illustrates. Some of the initiatives were made possible through the Emergency Connectivity Fund, which directed over…
Astound Business Solutions, a business unit of Astound Broadband, says that its business Wi-Fi service now is available nationwide. The company says that the new service offers Wi-Fi 6, cloud-based control, scalability and adaptability. “As a top-tier national telecommunications and…
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